Constitution Hill

Constitution Hill is a road in Westminster, London, connecting the mall in front of Buckingham Palace with Hyde Park Corner, and dividing the Buckingham Palace Gardens and Green Park. The road was named for King Charles II of England's habit of taking "constitutional" walks there; it was the site of three assassination attempts on Queen Victoria (1840, 1842, and 1849). In 1850, Prime Minister Robert Peel was fatally injured after being thrown by his horse from the road and into Green Park, dying three days later. In the 1960s, large concrete lamp posts were built on the road, but the comedian and enthusiastic environmentalist Spike Milligan swiftly campaigned to have them removed, and the old gas lamps were reinstalled.